Monday, 15 January 2018

You are a lucky lot, here are 12 more videos for your delectation including 5 thrashings and 4 of the 5 club record wins on the bounce Either check out the Accies YouTube site or click on the following links:

Sunday, 14 January 2018

Lads,Here are the links for the first six videos from 2017 (or go to the Accies YouTube site) including the two games in Spain and the 6-6 draw v Grafton Strollers. The rest (21 more) will be posted this week. Remember I am only the editor. For some games, the videos are very short as hardly any footage was shot. For others, the camera work leaves a lot to be desired. You can polish a turd but it'll still be turd 😉 Enjoy.

Friday, 10 November 2017

Monday, 5 June 2017

Our win last Thursday brought an end to a 12-match winless streak, which included 6 successive defeats. But I wasn't surprised, because I've seen this before...

We have played Tonbridge-based opposition 4 times, and have won all 4 matches, mostly by a handsome margin. But we've never won our next match. And three times out of four, we have gone on a winless streak - on one occasion, an unwanted record bad run.

On 24 February 2008, the Accies travelled to Tunbridge Wells to play Dads Army, an 11-a-side team cobbled together from a group of Tonbridge dads who played 5-a-side once a month. My 37th birthday two days earlier and the opportunity to watch the Spurs vs Chelsea League Cup Final after the match were the nominal reasons for the away day. Effra duly thrashed the Dads 9-0, but it wasn't until 11 September 2008 that we next tasted victory. We suffered 8 defeats, then 2 draws, then a club record TEN defeats in a row after that 9-0 win. A club record 20 games without a win in total.

Dads Army effectively became Longmead Tuesday, with the Tonbridge side now an amalgamation of a group of weekly 5-a-side players. Longmead Tuesday have actually won an 11-a-side match at CPNSC - they beat Southside 1-0 in either 2009 or 2010. But their first game against Effra in London resulted in our biggest ever victory margin: 13-1. Naturally, the Accies lost our next game. Albeit on this occasion the curse only lasted one match: we won our next 4 games. So the Tonbridge curse had an off-year by its usual standards.

Last year we beat Longmead Tuesday 3-2 in a thrilling encounter and the curse re-established itself: we lost our next 4 games in a row. And this year, as stated above, the curse once again took a depressing stranglehold. Fortunately we played a blinder against Grafton Strollers last week to banish the curse... Until the next time?

Saturday, 6 May 2017

Wednesday, 22 March 2017

Here are the latest set of videos stretching back to September 2016 and taking in Dan's four goals v Grafton Strollers, our game in Rotterdam, the 3-15 shlacking against Southbank, Sam's goal of 2016 v Sporting Falcons, the 11-0 win against Grafton Strollers, which included two hatricks courtsey of Steve Rudd and Dan Ogoun, games against new oppo and the crazy game in the snow right up to February this year.

Friday, 3 March 2017

At long last the 2017 Results; Golden Boot 2017; and all-time Accies 11-a-side stats have been updated (you'll find them on the right-hand side of the blog, although if you're reading this post on a mobile device you'll need to scroll down and click on 'View web version'). Here are some statistical highlights:

The race for this year's Golden Boot is in the early stages, of course, and last year's record breaking winner Dan Ogoun, sadly out injured, has watched patiently from the sidelines over the past few weeks as Scott Greenwell and Simon Mesner give him a target to aim for when he's back playing. Simon already has more goals in 2017 than he scored in the whole of 2016 - the result of tireless practice behind the scenes, as well as an extended run of games up front, rather than at centre back. Scott celebrated his return to the Accies match squad with a sublime hat-trick, instantly catapulting himself into the box seat in the Golden Boot ranks for this year.

In the all-time stats, last night's win vs Longmead Tuesday means we have successfully delayed an unwanted stat: our 300th 11-a-side defeat. Hopefully we can keep that one at bay for a few more weeks!

Looking at the all-time 11-a-side scorers list, Simon Mesner's decent form in front of goal (seven goals in his last nine appearances) has returned him to the top 3, ahead of Perre Heath, during which time Simon also netted his 100th 11-a-side goal for the club, becoming only the fourth player to reach that milestone. At the other end of that list, Nicky Holtham's debut goal last night - he's the 82nd person to score an 11-a-side goal for the club - sees him becoming the latest player in joint 60th place. Fellow triallist Paddy McKeown is just above Nicky on 2 goals, drawing level with 'quality not quantity' scorers such as Luke Fallon and Stuart Dade :-)

In the all-time appearances list, Stuart Dade is edging closer to his 400th 11-a-side game for the club, while Luke Fallon has moved above Luis Sandoval into fifth spot, and has Steve Spurdens in fourth firmly in his sights. And Anthony Emery has broken back into the top 10, sitting level with Andy Thornes for the time being. And at the bottom of the list, Paddy McKeown is the newest addition, having notched his fifth appearance for us last night. Welcome, Paddy!

Thursday, 6 October 2016

Huge respect to our Dutch friends for organizing this - we are very much looking forward to every aspect of the weekend, but especially playing at this fantastic stadium! Stadion Woudestein - home of S.B.V. Excelsior.

Saturday, 24 September 2016

Videos galore!

Yes, at last I have caught up from March this year. 14 videos for your delectation in the usual place including an Andy Judd far post finish, a Dean Marney overhead kick, an Andrew Dade back post volley, a Cruyff turn assist, 2-10 and 1-9 hammerings as well as a 7-3 win, world class saves and at least one clean sheet.

Last week the management team agreed that we would have a squad of 14 for each game. Therefore I would like to explain the rationale behind who is on standby and who is playing this week.
Put simply I have looked at who attended the club socials recently and picked them automatically. The only exception to this is Andy J who is playing, then Montell is on standby based on having the next best attendance, then Barry.
I would encourage everybody to turn up and watch and if anybody drops out then the stand by order applies.

Thursday, 2 June 2016

Apologies for the late posting of the team but I was watching the Euro '96 recap on BBC1. Hope this summer is half as exciting as that was (yes even as Scotsman who was at the infamous 2-0 loss to England....... in the ENGLAND end). It was some tournament and thanks to the team I was playing with at the time I went to a few games including the final.

For more info, go to: http://theaccies.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/management-teams-roles-explained.html

Playing Squad

1 Anthony Emery

2 Tremayne Macdonald

3 Stuart Dade

4 Dave Rudd

5 Barry Gardener

6 Nicky Holtham

7 Daniel Ogoun

8 Joe Sene

9 Phil Caldwell

10 Simon Mesner

11 Andrew Dade

12 Andy Judd

13 Charlie Turner

14 Luke Fallon

15 Patric McKeown

16 Montell Anderson

17 Bobby Rauchenberg

18 Christian Paschina

20 Korhan Ozturk

21 Blake Ladeinde

22 Scott Greenwell

24 Sam Herbert

25 Phill Arnold

26 Jim Wright

27 Steve Rudd

Triallist: Chris Wilkes

Associate Members

Paul Archer

Kenny Butler

Lee Clifford

Jose Cogolludo

Drew Corbin

Warren Crawford

Graham Dietz

Neil Gardener

Perre Heath

Lee Hodgkin

Ian Holmes

Jamie Houseman

Gary Hutson

Dean Marney

John McNally

Chris Moore

Courtney Munroe

Chris Osborne

Jonathan Patterson

Charlie Purvey

Greg Rainey

Geoff Ridgeon

Neill Robertshaw

Dan Rolfe

Luis Sandoval

Steve Spurdens

Andy Thornes (retains no 23 shirt)

Graeme Were

Jon Wise

Tom Wrigley

Club Ethos

1. The main reason that the Accies was formed was to allow a group of friends to meet regularly, play football and have a few drinks and a chat in a friendly, non-hostile environment.

2. Winning is important, but not at the expense of fairness and friendship.

3. All members of the club are equal regardless of footballing ability and are entitled to equal playing opportunities. Team selectors will be guided by members' commitment levels for the duration of their membership. There are many ways members can show good commitment to the club - see below.

4. We respect those who give up their time to manage the club. The fact that the management team give up their time to run the club for us makes their decisions final. Those decisions can be discussed and debated at club meetings, or at other times when the management team deem it appropriate.

5. All new players who join do so on the understanding that the above rules are sacrosanct.

BASIC COMMITMENT REQUIREMENTS

- Attending matches when able to play

- Paying fees on time

- Striving to be healthy and to improve fitness levels, or maintain high fitness levels

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